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Master’s Students Create Magazine on Wendela Bicker
How do you interpret archival traces to uncover the life of a 17th-century woman? Three Master’s students took on that challenge during a tutorial led by Judith Noorman, resulting in a thorough and beautifully designed magazine about Wendela Bicker, the wife of Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt. For four weeks, students Kirsten van Tunen, Bente…
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Judith Noorman’s Keynote Talk at the Center for Netherlandish Art
Since early April, Judith has been in residence at the Center for Netherlandish Art in Boston, where she serves as the second Hans Brenninckmeyer Senior Fellow. On Thursday May 15, she will deliver a Keynote Talk at the CNA, presenting new findings from our ongoing research project, The Female Impact. Her lecture will open a scholarly day of presentations—the third…
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New Perspective on the Portrait of Geertruida den Dubbelde
During her internship with The Female Impact and the Rijksmuseum, Anne-Linde Ruiter explored the pendant portrait of Geertruida den Dubbelde, wife of Admiral Aert van Nes. Through close visual and archival analysis, combined with research into the roles of seafarers’ wives, Ruiter proposes a new interpretation of Den Dubbelde’s gesture and the maritime background in her portrait. Rather than a passive depiction…
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New NKJ Volume Explores Women in Art – Read Open Access Here
The 74th volume of the Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art (Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek) has just been published. This edition, titled Women. Female Roles in Art and Society of the Netherlands, explores the diverse roles of women in the arts of the Low Countries—as creators, patrons, buyers, and agents of change. Edited by Elizabeth Alice Honig, Judith Noorman, and Thijs…
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‘Elck heeft sijn eijgen pop’
Judith Noorman contributed an essay to Campaspe Talks Back. Women Who Made a Difference in Early Modern Art (eds. Lieke van Deinsen, Bert Schepers, Marjan Sterckx, Hans Vlieghe, Bert Watteeuw). The book book pays homage to prof. dr. Katlijne Van der Stighelen who recently retired at Leuven University. Judith’s essay is about women dollmakers and about dolls as social signifiers. Title: ‘Elck heeft sijn eijgen pop’: Dollmaker…
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Femke Valkhoff Wins Thesis Prize
Femke Valkhoff, a former intern of The Female Impact, has won the DZE Thesis Prize from the Seventeenth Century Studies Group (Werkgroep De Zeventiende Eeuw) for her master’s thesis ‘Out of the Shadows,’ which explores the role of Haarlem brewers within their family, the brewery, and as art buyers for the household. Her thesis supervisor was…
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Save the Date & Call for Papers: The Female Impact Symposium
Mark your calendars for the 30th of June and the 1st of July 2025, when we will gather at the Trippenhuis for the culminating symposium of The Female Impact project. This landmark event will showcase four years of research through presentations from our project members and esteemed guest speakers. Alongside engaging discussions, we will offer…
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Where are We Now?
Since 2021, we have been studying the impact of women artists, patrons, and other prominent women on the seventeenth-century Dutch art market. What are our latest insights? And which hurdles lie ahead? During our annual summer event at SPUI25, short presentations covering a wide range of topics will showed where the Female Impact stands today.…
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The Female Impact at HNA
Our research team will present new research results in various sessions at the Historians of Netherlandish Art (HNA) Conference, taking place in London and Cambridge from the 10th to the 13th of July 2024:
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Maria van Reigersberch at the Prinsenhof
During her internship at Museum Prinsenhof Delft, Iris Jocker contributed to increasing the visibility of women in the museum. In addition to the portrait of Hugo de Groot, his wife Maria van Reigersberch is now also on display. She played a significant role in his legendary escape: when Hugo was sentenced to life imprisonment at…
